RNZ: This Way Up

Virtual reality technology isn't just for millennials and gamers. Recently, a series of VR films targeted at a very mature audience premiered at a New York senior citizen's centre.

Junk Run is an Auckland rubbish collection business where the end goal is to recycle and repurpose rubbish into treasure... and it seems to be working. 

What did the Kaikōura earthquake mean for local sea life? For some seaweeds, it's been a genetic bonus in the future we may see more biodiversity along the coast, according to a marine scientist. 

This weekend, on a Formula One race track in Italy, three of the world's top long-distance runners attempt to run the first sub-2 hour marathon.

A sub-2 hour marathon, the biology of disruption, saving junk from landfill, and virtual memories: VR for seniors.

NASA and Boeing are among those making big investments in electric aircrafts, plus an unusual approach to new product innovation by Apple.

The founder of Wikipedia is proposing a crowdsourced solution to the problems besetting the news media; and a TV series dealing with teen suicide raises questions about the censorship of video streaming services.

Consumer NZ has labelled many of the emergency response kits sold in NZ a 'disaster'. George Block shows us how easy it is to assemble your own three-day survival kit that's better than commercial products and costs far less.

A medical device inspired by Star Trek and powered by artificial intelligence can test for 13 different medical conditions without a doctor in sight. 

A medical diagnosis machine, build your own emergency kit, plug in planes, and can WikiTribune fix the news media?

Fish not only have lifelong relationships and intricate dating rituals, they also use tools, hunt in tandem and punish wrongdoers, says Jonathan Balcombe, author of What a Fish Knows.

Dr Chris Smith of The Naked Scientists looks at a way to fight the flu virus using a colourful Indian frog and a super bandage that encourages wounds to heal way faster.

In Norway, the world's first electric car ferry is operating successfully and a whole fleet of more eco-friendly vessels is on its way. Now low-emission, plug-in ferries could be a viable option for the Cook Strait crossing, too.

Arabic is a badly under-represented language online. Now a local project wants New Zealand to become a 'digital Switzerland' and make Arabic academic material easier for students and teachers to find, access and share. 

Amateur marathon sleuth Derek Murphy is using publicly available data and social media to bust the running cheats.